Saturday, August 09, 2014

A small crew gathered at Morningside for some afternoon aero-towing. It looked promising until a short-wave passed over us and the sky bubbled and then shaded over with too much moisture. Eric towed me into a safe, but quickly shading, sky.

I wasn't sure what I would find. I locked into a weak, but steady, climb and settled into for slow ride up.

The entire area was shaded but I found weak widespread lift near cloud base.

Nothing but a big blue hole waited for me downwind to the south.

Shading loomed to the east and west.

So I glided back upwind to the north, passing through large areas of minimal sink.

I searched most of the valley, but was soon heading back to the airstrip when I crossed over Eric towing another pilot up.

I glided off my altitude around the field and chased my shadow to the ground.